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Marcin Wichary
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Marcin Wichary

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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
Joined October 2009

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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      For as long as I remember, I was fascinated with segmented typography – not quite vectors, not quite pixels. Inspired by a conversation with @covrter and @enf I made a little typing (and painting!) playground. Maybe you’ll like it. https://aresluna.org/segmented-type/ pic.twitter.com/4LeulXIch4

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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      Just added: a 66-segment font from Vienna metro, as illustrated in this book: https://books.google.com/books?id=_4ZMC_QBAC4C&lpg=PA107&pg=PA106#v=onepage&q&f=false …, via @startled.pic.twitter.com/qeLttLInFI

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted

      Fun stuff to try! 1. You can draw with your mouse or finger! If you do it, switching between the fonts will respect and not destroy your work. (Unless you draw an existing letter, which will be “OCR-ed.”) My favourite example so far: https://twitter.com/adurdin/status/994910698252718083 …

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      2. You can press space many times to give yourself a nice canvas to draw, and draw across characters.

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      3. If you type on desktop, type a longer phrase, and then hold backspace and see them disappear in a pleasing fashion.

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      4. Or, if you type on mobile, and it mirrors the input box below, try to write a longer word that heavily autocorrects after you’re done – and see it animate above.

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      5. On desktop, hold Ctrl to “type in place” and have the new letter replace the previous one. It’s fun to see relationship between letters this way (e.g. O and Q, P and R, 0 and O, and so on).

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      This is the Figma file with all the vectors in case you’re interested in engaging this way:https://www.figma.com/file/MNtvZ9k1tSIW4wf499uMUN/Segmented-type-to-share …

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted chris

      This is a great exploration. Even with few segments at hand, you can start approaching many letters in different ways and thinking of the personality of your font:https://twitter.com/chriswearly/status/995011960373641216 …

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      chris @chriswearly
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      It’s a start :) pic.twitter.com/zLyxawAajQ
      11:48 AM - 11 May 2018
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        2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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          For that reason, I always liked pixel fonts as a way to introduce people to type design. You can learn basic lessons and recover from mistakes so quickly. (For example, the distance between “Crap, I forgot to make room for descenders” to making that room can be just minutes.)

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted chris

          Oh my god.https://twitter.com/chriswearly/status/995027353352003585 …

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          chris @chriswearly
          @mwichary of course, multilingual is when things get extra fun ;) pic.twitter.com/l5KeRsM13G
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        4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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          I think I just learned the lesson Will Wright learned when the level editor for another game became more interesting than the game itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity_(1989_video_game)#Development … (Or: Build canvases, not demos.)

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        5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted chris

          I wonder if this is the first time in history someone make normal and bold fonts in 14/16 segments.https://twitter.com/chriswearly/status/995062527540252672?s=21 …

          Marcin Wichary added,

          chris @chriswearly
          Oh, why of course I can do thick-stoked letters too 👌🏻 @mwichary pic.twitter.com/SKvpCEbZIh
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        6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 11 May 2018
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          Added two more fonts showing different ways of approaching the same problem. I hope someone can help me find a 20-something segment system so that we have every decade represented! https://aresluna.org/segmented-type/ pic.twitter.com/1JYv7rpwhE

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        7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 May 2018
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          And now, following up on this thread in real life.pic.twitter.com/Vm1zAUlcMJ

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        8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 13 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Bartek Szopka

          I love that people are trying to create emoticons/emoji with this.https://twitter.com/bartaz/status/995609396733456385?s=21 …

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          Bartek Szopka @bartaz
          Replying to @h4emtfr @mwichary and 2 others
          Oh, I love this game :) pic.twitter.com/ZolK9xHBtL
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        9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 14 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Lou Read @ 🏠  🇬🇧 🇪🇺

          This just made me laugh out loud.https://twitter.com/TheApparatchik/status/996049805699960834 …

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          Lou Read @ 🏠  🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @TheApparatchik
          Replying to @mwichary @chriscoyier and 2 others
          This is neat. 😎 Thanks. pic.twitter.com/VIrYH78B0j
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        10. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 16 May 2018
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          Marcin Wichary Retweeted Roel Nieskens

          So good.https://twitter.com/pixelambacht/status/996827041428332544?s=21 …

          Marcin Wichary added,

          Roel Nieskens @PixelAmbacht
          I created a little OpenType SVG color font based on @mwichary's awesome https://aresluna.org/segmented-type/  (the typeface found on Spanish trains). Works in Firefox and Edge → https://pixelambacht.nl/demo/segmented-spain/ … pic.twitter.com/A0CY30JqIc
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        11. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          With great help from patent detective @obra, we now have five new experimental segmented fonts that were never produced or very rare, most recreated from patent drawings. They are REALLY cool. https://aresluna.org/segmented-type/ 

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        12. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          1. A *six* segment font, made for a *pocket typewriter* 155 years ago. The typewriter had six keys, too – not unlike Braille, you would actually key in segments!pic.twitter.com/ITb7AM8YaE

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        13. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          2. A wild 1896 font meant to be lit by… lamps. Only one letter, M, was in the patent, so I extrapolated all the rest.pic.twitter.com/WNbTPfN5Gm

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        14. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          3. A recent font developed for e-ink displays, sent to me by its authors, Dave Vondle and Nicholas Zambetti.pic.twitter.com/x9E9PWN6BH

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        15. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          4. An asymmetric font from 1958. Only digits were specified – check out that “4”! – so I extrapolated to the entire alphabet.pic.twitter.com/ktwTY6Ohf5

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        16. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          5. And, lastly, an amazing discovery: A 1956 font by Fred P. Brooks, Jr. – the author of “The Mythical Man-Month”! It’s actually a bit of a cross between Nixie and segment font (overlapping segments), and it is an absolutely GORGEOUS art deco font. Look at those digits!pic.twitter.com/TTadostDMC

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        17. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          As expected from a programmer, all the glyphs were specified as data, which I keyed in. As expected from a programmer, there were bugs. :·]pic.twitter.com/tQGTWgDwzY

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        18. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          If I’d want to turn either of these into a real font, this would be it.

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        19. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 17 May 2018
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          There’s something really thrilling about bringing these long forgotten (155 years!) entities back to life. Thanks again to @obra and others who helped in finding those!

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        20. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 2 Jun 2018
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          My friend @julesforrest found a brilliant example of a different kind of segmented typography: digits made out of pipe fragments and connectors.pic.twitter.com/tQvy9ufA3s

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